Democrats have chosen Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention. The convention will be held July 13-16. "I am ecstatic," Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said when asked about the news Monday morning.The Democratic National Committee's decision will take the party to the heart of the working-class Upper Midwest that delivered President Donald Trump to the White House.Before 2016, Republicans hadn't won Wisconsin since 1984. Trump added Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania to upset Hillary Clinton.DNC Chairman Tom Perez picked Milwaukee over Miami and Houston. It will be the first time in more than a century that Democrats gather in a Midwest city other than Chicago to nominate their presidential candidate.Milwaukee also will be one the smallest cities to host a presidential convention, topping two other finalist cities that have hosted national political conventions and Super Bowls.Last July, the Republican National Committee announced it had selected Charlotte, North Carolina, to host the GOP's 2020 convention from Aug. 24-27. Per political tradition, the party that holds the White House typically holds its convention after the opposing party.

MILWAUKEE —

Democrats have chosen Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention.

DNC Chairman Tom Perez picked Milwaukee over Miami and Houston. It will be the first time in more than a century that Democrats gather in a Midwest city other than Chicago to nominate their presidential candidate.

Milwaukee also will be one the smallest cities to host a presidential convention, topping two other finalist cities that have hosted national political conventions and Super Bowls.

Last July, the Republican National Committee announced it had selected Charlotte, North Carolina, to host the GOP's 2020 convention from Aug. 24-27. Per political tradition, the party that holds the White House typically holds its convention after the opposing party.